Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Twenty

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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

Thread Twenty

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The Threat Matrix

The title refers to a daily report given to the president of the United States detailing the most serious terrorist threats against the country. To tackle those threats, the government has formed a top-notch task force to infiltrate the terror cells and cut off the danger.

"Every morning, the president receives a list of the top ten terrorist threats - this list is known as the threat matrix."

We here at FR are trying to be in conjunction with the daily reports around the world that involve threats. We try to provide a storehouse of information that takes hours of research.

YOU Be The Judge and Get Informed!

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Ramadan terror concerns?
Full Story

ATLANTA (CNN) -- As more than one billion Muslims prepare to celebrate Ramadan, terror experts are mixed about whether the holy month is a tool for recruiting terrorists.

Some terrorism experts and Islamic scholars say Ramadan gives extremists an opportunity to enlist new recruits.

"It's a time which can be exploited by radical clerics to motivate individuals into taking action on the basis they are somehow serving their religion," says terror expert M.J. Gohel.

And analysts see another temptation for terrorists: exploiting the Battle of Badr, a symbolic date in Muslim history, which falls near the U.S. presidential election.

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"I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat."

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Link to Thread Nineteen	Terror-Alert.com "Code Red Implications: Code Red - Stay Home and Await Word." From Tm'er and Freeper ~MamaDearest~	Cindy's Links of Interest
Threat Matrix "TM'er" Tips		ExSoldier's Invaluable Tips
TM Code of Conduct		Godzilla's Summaries
TM's 'Be on the Lookout'		nwctwx's Highlighted Links

[nwctwx]

Rushing to prevent another terror attack won't work
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1328972,00.html

...excerpt...

PRESIDENT BUSH’S showiest response to the national shock of September 11 may fall completely flat, it now seems.

This week, relatives of those who died that day have been pleading with him to put into practice at least some of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission. The President, who is keen to do so by the time of the election a week today, has been urging Congress to pass the Bill.

But so far, nothing doing. Since a serious push began on Wednesday, the House of Representatives and the Senate are deadlocked. Taking the White House’s direction that “something must be done”, they have each crafted versions of the Bill thatare starkly incompatible.

The Senate is wary of the Pentagon, the House indulgent. But the heart of the problem is that both versions conspire in the political fiction that future attacks can and should be stopped, and that melding together the US’s 15 separate spy agencies is the way to do it.

“To me, the (message of 9/11 is) that intelligence is never going to be good enough to get these things before they happen”, says one senior member of the Administration, sceptical, he says, of most of the proposed reforms.

The impetus for this last-minute Bill is the 567-page report by the 9/11 Commission, a bipartisan committee set up by the Administration. The text has become a surprise bestseller with more than a million copies sold, and is now a contender for the National Book Award's non-fiction prize, one of the US’s top literary awards.

[Cindy]

A look at Saudi propaganda as noted on MEMRI.org:

http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=saudiarabia&ID=SP80604
Special Dispatch Series - No. 806

October 26, 2004
No.806

"Saudi Government Daily: 'U.S. to Invade Pakistan'"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In an article in the Saudi English daily The Saudi Gazette, Md. Maqdoom Mohiuddin and Khamis Mushayt wrote an op-ed and book review which exposes an alleged U.S. plot to invade Pakistan, and then later possibly Sudan, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Turkey. The following is the article:" [1]

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http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=saudiarabia&ID=SP80504

Special Dispatch Series - No. 805

October 26, 2004
No.805

"Saudi Government Newspaper Editorial: 'Bush the Nazi'


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Saudi government daily Al-Riyadh recently published an editorial titled "Bush the Nazi," referring to allegations that President George W. Bush's family had ties with the Nazis. The following are excerpts from the editorial: [1]"

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1257008/posts

"{Pentagon responds to missing-explosives report" (NBC report mentioned)
Washington Times ^ | 10/26/04


Posted on 10/25/2004 10:32:00 PM PDT by ambrose


"Pentagon responds to missing-explosives report" By Rowan Scarborough THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published October 26, 2004

[Cindy]

STOLEN HONOR.com: WATCH THE ENTIRE WEBCAST HERE OR ORDER THE VIDEO:

"STOLEN HONOR: Wounds That Never Heal"
http://www.stolenhonor.com/documentary/watch-video.asp

[Cindy]

http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41094

"Americans burn U.N. flag
Radio listeners torch blue banner to protest United Nations Day"

Posted: October 26, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern

[Cindy]

Resource Discussion Thread (UPDATED):

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1096037/posts
"-"No Blood for Oil"- Kojo & Kofi: Unbelievable U.N. stories."
various FR links | 03-12-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy

[Cindy]

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/dl20041026.shtml

"Liberals And National Security Don't Mix"
David Limbaugh (archive)

October 26, 2004

[Cindy]

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=13222&name=AEL%3A+every+Dutch+soldier%27s+death+is+a+victory+

"AEL: every Dutch soldier's death is a victory"


25 October 2004


ARTICLE SNIPPET: AMSTERDAM — The leader of the Dutch-Belgian Arab European League (AEL) has come out in support of killing Dutch troops serving in Iraq.


"I consider every death of an American, British or Dutch soldier as a victory," Dyab Abou Jahjah said in an interview with Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws on Monday.


There are currently 1,376 Dutch soldiers serving on peacekeeping duties in southern Iraq and two have been killed since the mission started in the summer of 2003. The troops are scheduled to return home in March 2005."

[Cindy]

Google Search Term: "Dyab Abou Jahjah"
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Dyab+Abou+Jahjah%22&hl=en&lr=&filter=0

Google Search Term: "Jahjah"
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Jahjah%22&hl=en&lr=&filter=0

[Cindy]

Warning: Graphic, Disturbing Images.

Random Links...ON THE NET:

http://www.abualbukhary.org/site/
http://www.abualbukhary.org/site/modules.php?name=tapes
http://www.abualbukhary.org/vb/
http://www.geocities.com/mazalim2004/shada.htm
http://meshawir.2islam.com/
meshawir@hotmail.com
http://www.hostinganime.com/gim/GIMfaroq.htm


https://www.islahi.net/vboard/showthread.php?s=28a02e03e73fd983d67528ff9244b8eb&t=116098
https://www.islahi.net/vboard/showthread.php?s=28a02e03e73fd983d67528ff9244b8eb&t=116002
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/8605/untitled573.jpg
http://www.aljazeera.net/mritems/images/2000/7/10/image_occurrence768_4.jpg
https://www.islahi.net/vboard/showthread.php?s=28a02e03e73fd983d67528ff9244b8eb&t=115808
http://www.geocities.com/love_taliban/Maqdese.jpg
JEHAD.NET
http://www.almaqdese.com/zip/592.zip
http://www.almaqdese.com
http://www.aljazeera.net/mritems/images/2003/9/10/1_173942_1_6.jpg
https://www.islahi.net/vboard/showthread.php?s=28a02e03e73fd983d67528ff9244b8eb&t=115808&page=2&pp=15
http://img29.exs.cx/img29/5757/Azzam.jpg
https://www.islahi.net/vboard/images/smilies/bal3am1.jpg

[Cindy]

CNS NEWS.com
http://www.cnsnews.com


http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=\ForeignBureaus\archive\200410\FOR20041025b.html

"US Plan Aims to Help African Nations Tackle Terrorism, Natural Disasters
By Stephen Mbogo"
CNSNews.com Correspondent
October 25, 2004

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1257125/posts

"9/10 vs. 9/12 on 11/2"
CNSNEWS.com ^ | 10/26/04 | Daniel Pipes


Posted on 10/26/2004 3:05:34 AM PDT by kattracks

[Cindy]

http://www.wmcstations.com/global/story.asp?s=2477760&ClientType=Printable

Posted by: George Metaxas, 10/25/04, Updated 5:58 p.m.
"FBI investigates activities of Mid-South man"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The FBI is conducting an investigation into the activities of a Mid-South man.

Federal agents arrested Demetrius "van" Crocker of McKenzie, Tennessee."

[Cindy]

http://tennessean.com/local/archives/04/09/60347069.shtml?Element_ID=60347069

"Arson blamed in blaze at after-hours nightclub"ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The fire burned part of an upper level at Empire — formerly known as The Church — around 1 a.m. It started when someone threw ''an object'' through the window at 629 Third Ave. S., said Charles Shannon, spokesman for the Nashville Fire Department."

[appalachian_dweller]

Re # 1627

Good article Cindy. I'm a firm believer that everyone should be armed. An armed society is a polite society.

Small, coordinated shooting attacks could very well cause the entire populace to stay indoors for fear of being shot. That could bring our economy to a screeching halt.

I remember how scared people were around here when Malvo and Muhammad were running around shooting people at random. I remember seeing people taking cover behind their cars when pumping gas - even paying someone else to pump it for them. Most of my co-workers were terrified.

I was angry. Very angry. I was wishing I could get a shot at them. I actually put my hunting rifle in the trunk of my car (Remington 700 in a .270 caliber). While I’m not the best shot, I can get 3 inch groups at 300 yards.

For lack of one small .38 snub nose on the planes on 9/11/01, thousands died.

Folks, if you haven't already, get yourself a firearm and LEARN to use it SAFELY. The NRA offers some really good firearms training. Most gun ranges also offer classes. If you’re not familiar with firearms, take the class FIRST.

Firearms are merely tools and tools in the wrong hands are more of a liability than an asset. They in no way guarantee your survival, but they sure can level the playing field.

I remember a line from the movie Red Dawn:
We're all going to die. Die standing up.

Now is not the time for weak knees or faint hearts. Now is the time to stand tall and defend yourself and your families.

[Tilly]

YW, granny ....

Interesting re: the guy under the tracks. But, heck ... LOTS of reasons for a guy to be under the tracks, folks do it EVERY day, huh?

[Tilly]

RE: Cuba.

Well, to be honest re: the link, the fact that they will not allow US dollars after 11/7 kind of jumps out at me ...

Then the location hit me ... Cuba!?!?! CUBA?!?!? CUBA doesn't want to accept US dollars .... dang! The sky is falling indeedy .... (j/k)

[tmp02]

I thought the same thing. I wonder who Cuba is talking with...Russia, North Korea?

[Godzilla]

The electric is shut down, and so is traffic near the Bart Station (I think earlier, the station was called Fruit something?) A few minutes ago, there was an update, it appears that there is a man UNDER the tracks.

The BART system has a 3rd rail that supplies electricity to the trains. Shut down is a must-do inorder to deal with the situation. Individual my already be dead IF he touched the 3rd rail.

[Domestic Church]

"f we start believing the propaganda by some on our side that this is us against all of Islam, then we will never see what this is all about. The Islamic world is not yet in bed with the idea of world jihad, that is why folks like al-Sadr (and maybe UBL) are *campaigning* for the office of Caliph or Mahdi. If the Moslems are already all fighting us, they need not be persuaded by UBL. But everything since 9/11 (including 9/11 and the attacks before) is a relentless, methodical, and strategic effort to win the hearts and minds of a billion Muslims."

You are right about the timing but I beg to differ on the propaganda issue of "this is us against all of Islam, then we will never see what this is all about."

I have no problem in understanding that the islamic world might not be in bed with the jihad but perhaps they are preparing for bedtime just the same much like the lukewarm Christian keeping one eye on the local preacherman/spiritual insurance agent (just in case he's right and fire & brimstones start falling) while duplicitly bending the rules at every chance, and there is a chance for all we (and by now we tmers know a heck of a lot) know a greater proportion does align with the radicals. We cannot fully discern at this juncture where to draw a line on this but it behooves us to draw it non the less for the safety and welfare of our country.

I do think you are on to something with the OBL shake down the Muslim world Al Mahdi possibility. It is more a coerced blackmail than a campaign. This scenerio fits if he is alive, given his lack of appearance and his grandiose ego. May I suggest another possibility unaffected by OBL's condition (moldy, in smithereens or uremic)...that one of his sons has been well groomed for this act.